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Call for clot-buster drugs on ambulances

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

PARAMEDICS should carry clot-busting drugs to counteract life-threatening treatment delays for rural patients suffering serious heart attacks, experts say. MonashHeart emeritus director of cardiology Richard Harper said the drugs were important for rural Victorians who were a long distance from major hospitals and needed urgent treatment. Professor Harper said three-quarters of Victorians had access to hospitals that provided around-the-clock emergency angioplasty and stenting to re-open blocked arteries. But rural Victorians were a long way from such treatment, putting them at increased risk of death or long-term disability. Advertisement Professor Harper said Victoria should follow the lead of other states, including Queensland and New South Wales, where paramedics were trained to administer clot-busting drugs to rural and regional patients who faced delays accessing the preferred treatment in hospital. In such cases, he said, paramedics took an electrocardiogram to confirm the patient was experiencing the most serious type of heart attack in which the coronary artery was completely blocked, known as an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) They then administered the drugs en route to hospital, greatly improving outcomes for patients. The Heart Foundation, which backed the call, said about 10,000 Australians died each year from a STEMI heart attack. An audit … Continue reading →

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Drugs, guns seized in Sebastopol raid

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

Aug. 27, 2012, 10:16 a.m. DRUGS and guns were seized by Ballarat police in a raid on a Sebastopol property at the weekend. Police say a shotgun, air rifle and a quantity of drugs were seized when a search warrant was executed at the address yesterday. A 36 year old Sebastopol man was charged with a range of offences, including possessing a drug of dependence, making threats to kill and firearm offences. Detectives say the arrest occurred after enquiries were made following an earlier drug-related arrest at the weekend. Police arrested a 21 year old Buninyong man on Saturday night, where he was charged with use and possess a drug of dependence. He was also charged with trafficking a drug of dependence, a charge which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment for non-commercial quantities and life in jail for commercial quantities. Both men have been bailed to appear at the Ballarat Magistrates Court at a later date. See the original post: Drugs, guns seized in Sebastopol raid … Continue reading →

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Woman tries to throw football filled with drugs into prison

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

September is on our doorstep, and football is the air wait, those two are filled with drugs. Yes, a former corrections officer was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony for allegedly throwing footballs filled with drugs over a fence into the Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. Even Tim Tebow had a better day on Sunday than Janine A. Fulton, 43, of Bucyrus. Tebow only had one interception. Fulton had two. Janine A. Fulton, 43, of Bucyrus, was arrested on a third-degree felony charge of illegal conveyance of drugs or other prohibited items onto grounds of a detention facility or institution. METRICH Commander Lt. Ken Coontz said Fulton had prescription drugs and marijuana and could face more charges. I was surprised at the amount of contraband and drugs that can be put in a football, Coontz said, adding the two inmates in question also may face charges. In her resume, unearthed by Busted Coverage, Fulton says she is an inflexible, dependable person who has a certificate in marijuana testing and is experienced in Microsoft Windows. See more here: Woman tries to throw football filled with drugs into prison … Continue reading →

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Pharmacy assistant wowed judges with her knowledge Save

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

Aug. 27, 2012, midnight Emma Heazlewood FROM a record number of entries, Terry White Chemists pharmacy assistant Emma Heazlewood has taken top honours being named the Tasmanian Pharmacy Assistant of the Year. Mrs Heazlewood was among 12 finalists to be grilled by judges in Hobart on their industry knowledge and experience, leadership skills and product knowledge. "It was very nerve-racking," she said. It was Mrs Heazlewood's first nomination in the prestigious Pharmacy Guild of Australia/GSK National Pharmacy Assistant of the Year awards and she did not disappoint, wowing the panel of judges. Mrs Heazlewood has been working at Terry White Chemists in the Fourways for two years and now manages 50 staff after starting out as a junior at West Side Pharmacy in Ulverstone where she spent 11 years learning all aspects of the pharmaceutical business. "I've always been interested in advising people on health care, it just seemed a natural thing after I left school," she said. "I've been lucky, it's a really rewarding career. There's lots of different areas you can take it. I love being part of the team here the staff and customers all make it a really great work environment." Mrs Heazlewood is currently completing … Continue reading →

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Targeted oxidation-blocker prevents secondary damage after traumatic brain injury, study suggests

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2012) Treatment with an agent that blocks the oxidation of an important component of the mitochondrial membrane prevented the secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury and preserved function that would otherwise have been impaired, according to a research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Chemistry in a report published online August 26 in Nature Neuroscience. Annually, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to traffic accidents, falls, assaults and sports participation, said the study's senior author Hlya Bayr, M.D., associate professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She added that 52,000 of those injured die, and 85,000 are left with significant disability. "We don't yet have a specific therapy for TBI, but can provide only supportive care to try to ease symptoms," Dr. Bayr said. "Our study drug shows promise as a neuroprotective agent that might help address this important public health problem." For the study, the research team conducted a global assessment of all the phospholipids in rat brain cells. This revealed that damage from TBI was nonrandom and mostly involved cardiolipin, a phospholipid … Continue reading →

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Pitt: Targeted oxidation-blocker prevents secondary damage after traumatic brain injury

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

Public release date: 26-Aug-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Anita Srikameswaran SrikamAV@upmc.edu 412-578-9193 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, Aug. 26, 2012 Treatment with an agent that blocks the oxidation of an important component of the mitochondrial membrane prevented the secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury and preserved function that would otherwise have been impaired, according to a research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Chemistry in a report published online today in Nature Neuroscience. Annually, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to traffic accidents, falls, assaults and sports participation, said the study's senior author Hlya Bayr, M.D., associate professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She added that 52,000 of those injured die, and 85,000 are left with significant disability. "We don't yet have a specific therapy for TBI, but can provide only supportive care to try to ease symptoms," Dr. Bayr said. "Our study drug shows promise as a neuroprotective agent that might help address this important public health problem." For the study, the research team conducted a global assessment … Continue reading →

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Nice try Chelsea! Ms Healy tries to go classy but still looks brassy in an all-black outfit

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:45 EST, 26 August 2012 | UPDATED: 10:51 EST, 26 August 2012 'Just wear black' is usually trusted advice - but Chelsee Healy proves she is a walking fashion disaster in any colour. Full credit to the 24-year-old Strictly Come Dancing star for trying in her black off the shoulder top and tight trousers for a shopping trip yesterday (Saturday) as it makes a change to her usual wild clashing coloured look. But Chelsee, who turned up to her own birthday party looking frightful, didn't seem to mind her fashion blunder as she walked the streets in Swinton, Manchester, for the celeb craze treatment, HD Brows. Get ready: Chelsee tries for a classy look but still manages to look a bit brassy out in Manchester The former Waterloo Road star was visiting Natasha Giggs beauty salon, Peace and Pout, in the city. With studded boots and a huge sixties bun Chelsee could have been on her way to a fancy dress party, not a trip to a salon. Chelsee is certainly used to negative comments about her wardrobe. Off the shoulder, off key: Give her credit, Chelsee has gone for a classy look Read more … Continue reading →

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U.S. Appeals Court: Government Can Fund Stem Cell Research

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

August 26, 2012 April Flowers for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online A three-judge panel at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to order the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research on Friday. This ruling comes despite complaints that the research is dependent on destroyed human embryos. Opponents to the research claim the National Institutes for Health (NIH) is violating the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law which prohibits taxpayer financing for work that harms an embryo. The judges were unanimous, however, in upholding the lower courts decision to throw out the case entirely. This is the second time the appeals court has said that federal funding of stem cell research was permissible. Dickey-Wicker permits federal funding of research projects that utilize already-derived ESCs [Embryonic Stem Cells] which are not themselves embryos because no human embryo or embryos are destroyed in such projects, Chief Judge David B. Sentelle said in the ruling, adding that the plaintiffs made the same argument the last the time the court reviewed the issue. Therefore, unless they have established some extraordinary circumstance, the law of the case is established and we will not revisit the issue. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins … Continue reading →

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UCSF, Mayo Team Discovers Genomic Variant That Increases Risk of Some Brain Tumors

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

Newswise People who carry a G instead of an A at a specific spot in the sequence of their genetic code have roughly a six-fold higher risk of developing certain types of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Mayo Clinic. The study was jointly led by geneticists Margaret Wrensch, PhD, and John Wiencke, PhD, professors in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, and Robert Jenkins, MD, PhD, professor of Laboratory Medicine in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Division of Laboratory Genetics at the Mayo Clinic. The findings, published on August 26, 2012 in the journal Nature Genetics, could help researchers identify people at risk of developing certain subtypes of gliomas, which account for about 4,600 of the 23,000 brain cancers newly diagnosed annually in the US.This information could lead to better surveillance, diagnosis and treatment. Based on their findings, the scientists already are starting to think about clinical tests that could tell patients with abnormal brain scans what kind of tumor they have, by simply testing their blood. Researchers still need to understand how the specific DNA change actually causes the tumors, said Wrensch, since … Continue reading →

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Vitamin B12 deficiency: Tracking the genetic causes

Posted: Published on August 27th, 2012

Public release date: 26-Aug-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Julie Robert julie.robert@muhc.mcgill.ca 514-934-1934 x71381 McGill University Health Centre This release is available in French. Vitamin B12 is essential to human health. However, some people have inherited conditions that leave them unable to process vitamin B12. As a result they are prone to serious health problems, including developmental delay, psychosis, stroke and dementia. An international research team recently discovered a new genetic disease related to vitamin B12 deficiency by identifying a gene that is vital to the transport of vitamin into the cells of the body. This discovery will help doctors better diagnose this rare genetic disorder and open the door to new treatments. The findings are published in the journal Nature Genetics. "We found that a second transport protein was involved in the uptake of the vitamin into the cells, thus providing evidence of another cause of hereditary vitamin B12 deficiency", said Dr. David Rosenblatt, one of the study's co-authors, scientist in medical genetics and genomics at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) and Dodd Q. Chu and Family Chair in Medical Genetics and the Chair of the Department of Human Genetics at … Continue reading →

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